Veneer brick or tile



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W. P. BURRIS VENEER BRICK OR TILE Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 13 1924 ATTORNEYS Filed Dec. 13 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR fi rns,

BX (/1 r 4 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 2 1926.

WILLIAM 1P. IBUERIS, F ERIE, ILLINOIS.

VENEER BRICK OR TILE.

' Application filed December 13, 1924. Serial No. 755,700.

This invention relates to improvements in duce a brick that is capable of building bricks, and it consists of, the constructions, arrangements and method of ap plication as herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a brick of such nature that it can be hung upon the exterior walls of a house or other building, thereby producing a durable and fireproof veneer which has many advantages to recommend it as fully brought out below.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tile having recesses in the back for the purpose of receiving the heads of nails previously driven into a wall desired to be veneered, the tiles being made in such away that the completed .wall appears as though built of bricks.

Another object of the invention is to employ the basic principle in the construction and hanging of window sills, window caps and easements.

Another object of the invention resides in the method of ven'eerin'g a wall for the purpose of fireproofing, etc., and simulating a brick wall.

7 Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a window and part of a wall, illustrating the various steps in carrying out theinvention.

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the veneer bricks.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the same bricks as viewed from the rear.

, Figure 4 is a detail sectional perspective showing how the nail head recess is inade.

Figure 5 is a detail vertical section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal section on the line 66 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a detail cross section on the llne 7-7 of Figure 1 illustrating how the sill is" hung. s

Figure 8 is a detail horizontal section of a portion of a wall illustrating how the veneer bricks join at the corner.

Figure 9 is a front elevation-of one of the bricks as seen from a position difierent from Figure 3.

Figure 10 is a similar view of the bricks showing a, slight modification in the nail head recess.

As already briefly stated in the foregoing objects of the invention, it is intended to pronary building brick (S being hung upon the walls'of a building, usually the exterior walls, for the purpose of making it appear as though the house were built of bricks. The brick is of particular value in remodeling oldrframe houses, the exteriors of which are readily covered or veneered with the bricks. It is possible to produce an i artistic and durable exteriorby carrying forward the principle of the lnvention to the construction and hanging of sills, caps and easements for window and door openings.

The use of the veneer brick is not confined to wooden walls alone but can be hung upon old weather-worn brick buildings, concrete walls, stucco walls and stone or rock walls.

Reference is first made to Figure 1. Here the window generally designated 1 is set in a wall 2 which is presumed to consist of sheathing on the exterior. The window is composed of the frame 3 (Fig. 6) the facing 4 (Fig. 1) and, sashes 5. It is immaterlal whether the exterior wall be plain or consistsof weather boarding which usually is ofi'set. The veneer bricks can be hung upon any kind of a surface.

Nails 6 are driven into the exterior wall at-regular intervals, looking both horizontally and vertically as in Figure 1, so that the heads 7 stand in position to receive the veneer bricks. It is necessary to exercise some care in the driving of the nails because if the nails are placed regularly the result will be a smooth matching of the bricks,

such being an obvious contribution to the artistic appearance and perfection of the work.

The brick 8 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) is molded out of suitable plastic material. It hasv a part 9 which, for description, is designated the brick face. This brick face may have the customary edge dimensions of an ordibe of any other dimensions or proportions which the particular job may require. Ob-

by 2") or it may Viously the kinds of plastic materials of which the brick, may be molded are so nu merous that it is useless to endeavor .to enumerate them here. The brick, for present purposes, may be regarded as being made of ordinary brick clay.

The brick is oifset at 10 at one side andlongitudinal edge. Looking at the brick from the front (Figs. 2 and 9) the olfset 10 is seen to extend to the right side of the brick face 9 and above the upper longitudinal straight back at 12 and forms a right angle with the rear surface of the brick. That part of the brick where the offset occurs may be described as a rabbet. When a num- 4 original brick wall. 'Figure 8 the manufacture of thebricks.

berof bricks are hung (Fig. 1) the combined effect ofthe rabbet 1s so many grooves which correspond with the ordinary mortar joints in a brick wall.

Molded in the bricks 8 are one or more slots 13. These communicate with the lower edge of the bricks at a bevel 14 (Fig. 4:) which corresponds in position with the longitudinal bevel 11 on the upper edge of the offset. The fact that the slot communicates with the lower bevel is merely incidental to Communi eating with the slot is a nail head opening 15. This has a constricted openin 16 for the occupancy of the nail shank. he slot 13 extends up a little higher than the opening 16 so that when the brick is hung upon a protruding nail, the head of the nail occupies the upper part of the slot thus looking the brick in position. The combined parts 13, 15 and 16 constitute a nail head recess. J

A sill 17 is rovided with a lurality of nail head recesses 18 to receive t e heads 19 of nails driven into the woodwork. Inasmuch as the sill is usually quite heavy it is desirable to duplicate the nails in each instance as shown in-Fig. 7. The nails are driven in one above the other, a number of sets bein used so that the nail is absolutely supporte Figure 7 also illustrates the use of cement 20 for the purpose of filling openings in the joints between the sill and the adjacent veneer bricks.

The window cap 21 is constructed and hung much on the order of the sill 17. It has nail head recesses 22 which receive the heads 23 of nails driven into the woodwork for the purpose of supporting the cap.

Casement bricks. 24. conceal the joints be.- tween the veneer bricks on the wall 2 and the wood facing 4 of the window frame. These casement bricks have nail head recesses 25 (Fig. 6) which receive the heads 26 of nails driven into the casing. It is noted that the mode of applying all of the various parts is identical.

Reference is next made to Figure 8. This particularly illustrates the mode of joining the veneer bricks 8 at a corner. The side edges of adjacent bricks are beveled as at 27. In hanging the bricks at corners, joints are staggered or broken, exactly as in an incidentally illustrates other" internal structure of the wall which, however, has no bearing on the invention.

In Figure 10 there is a slight modificationof the nail head opening 15. Instead of this opening being circular as in Figures 3' and 4 it is now made rectangular. This shape of opening may be instances, but in any case it is merely for the introduction of the nail head, and in principle could be of any shape.

rick structure is the same as that described before, ignate corresponding parts without repeating the specific description.

The method of application can now readily be understood. It is the primary purpose of the veneer ing exteriors of buildings. It is immaterial whether the original building be made of wood or any one of thevarious other materials customarily used. It is necessary only to provide for the driving in of nails 6 at 85 cesses in the back of the brick are so made desirable in, some '10 The other and similar reference numerals desbrick to permit remodelthat when a brick is hung in place it is prevented from coming off by virtue of the fact that the head of the nail enters the slot 13 (Figs. 4 and 5), the shank opening 16.

Provision made by the outward and downward inclination of the bev'els 11 and 14. The bricks are hung so that these bevels engage, and being slanted as stated will serve to prevent any moisture from creeping to the rear of the veneer. The bottom and rear bevel 14: extends up the left side of the brick 8 (Fig. 9) similarly as the front upper bevel 11 extends down the right side. Reference is had to Figure 6 for this feature. The result of the bevels is that the joints between bricks are offset to the rear, all contributing toward preventing moisture from entering the hacks.

for the drainage of moisture is r to see that the nail head reoccupies the The remodeling of building exteriors does not end with the treatment of walls themselves. The veneer sill 17, cap 21 and casement tiles 24 provide for transforming an otherwise plain window or door into a thing of beauty, matching the rest of the applied material. The manner of hanging the bricks is very simple, and this is also true of the manufacture thereof. The absence of loops, staples, pins, tabs, anchor bolts and the like is to be noted. The hanging element, so to speak, is cast within the brick itself, audit is necessary only to drive' the necessary nails whereupon the brick can be applied immediately.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved generally preferred form,

obviously modifications and changes may veneer brick is that of a be made without mosses departing from the spirit of the invention orithe scope of the claims.

1. A brick having slots extending from one edge to the interior, openingscommunieating with the slots and extending laterally to one side of the brick to receive the head of fastening means to be introduced from that side, and a narrow opening extending from each head opening to receive the shank of the fastening means andthereby support the brick, said slots extending beyond said narrow openings to admit the heads and thereby constitute a lock for holding the brick in position upon a wall.

in one side face thereof, said opening coinmunicatin at its upper portion with a slot the base 0? the slot having a lateral offsetto receive the duced in said opening.

WILLIAM P. BURRIS.

- 15 2. A brick having a body with an opening head of fastening means intro- 20 

